2013-05-06

ACT Point Standings Tighten

 

Attached Photo: HelliwellHoar.jpg - Defending ACT Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr.(27NH) fights for the victory with eight-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar (37VT) at Devil's Bowl Speedway this past Sunday, May 5 at the Spring Green 113.  Helliwell earned the victory by .027 of a second.  (Photo Credit: Eric LaFleche)


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Waterbury, VT – After 113 laps (56.5 miles) of American Canadian Tour Championship Stock Car racing at West Haven, VT's Devil's Bowl Speedway on Sunday, the victory in the Spring Green 113 came down to a flip of the coin: a margin that gave reigning ACT Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. a critical early-season win, and left ACT Point Leader Jimmy Hebert's advantage at just three points.

 

Helliwell's triumph over Brian Hoar on Sunday is the closest finish in ACT's history since the changeover to electronic scoring in 2010.  A difference of just .027 of a second separated the pair at the line, and Helliwell's victory not only pulled him back into title contention, but saved Hebert from losing the top spot to the eight-time Champion Hoar.

 

Hoar now sits just three points back from last year's Rookie of the Year, with Helliwell only 18 points out of the lead.  Tiverton, RI's Ray Parent continued to prove himself as a legitimate contender with another top five at Devil's Bowl, keeping him fourth overall and just 6 points away from Helliwell.

 

Two veterans, Brent Dragon and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., used runs from deep in the field in the Spring Green 113 to jump into a tie for fifth place after coming into the event in 8th and 12th place in overall points respectively.  Rookie of the Year contender Bobby Therrien backed up his top five at Thunder Road with another top ten effort, moving up two spots to seventh.  Chip Grenier moved from 14th to crack the top ten in 8th, and Ben Lynch and Rowland Robinson, Jr. each bounced back from tough days at Devil's Bowl to hold on to top ten positions in a tie for ninth.

 

Claremont, NH's Luke Hinkley flexed his muscle at Devil's Bowl en route to a seventh-place finish after running up front all day, climbing the standings from nineteenth to eleventh.

 

The Tour will turn next to Airborne Speedway, the site of last year's epic showdown for the title, for a 100-lap event on Saturday, May 18.  It will be the fourth point-counting event of the year for the American Canadian Tour, and a precursor to the ACT Inaugural International 500 to be held on July 20/21 at the fast half-mile track.

 

For more information, head to www.acttour.com, call the ACT Office at (802) 244-6963, or email us at media@acttour.com

 

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AUTODROME CHAUDIÈRE - JOURNÉE PRATIQUE BUDWEISER

                      

PRATIQUE DU 11 MAI                                                        


8H00    Ouverture des Puits

8H30   INSPECTION CLASSES LOCALES

10H00   PRATIQUES : POUR TOUTES LES CLASSES SE PRODUISANT À VALLÉE-JONCTION EN 2013

                                      HORAIRE SUR PLACE

12H00    PISTE FERMÉE

12H00    DÎNER : RESTAURANT DES PUITS …OUVERT

12H30    REPRISE DES PRATIQUES---(4H30) Piste fermée/Close the Track

15H25    FIN DES PRATIQUES

15H30    RENCONTRE PILOTES/ÉQUIPIERS/OFFICIELS ET AUTRES

16H30    FERMETURE DE LA PISTE

SUJET À CHANGEMENT SANS PRÉAVIS

 

Prix : POUR TOUS PUITS INCLUS : 10$---17 ANS ET MOINS GRAUIT AVEC CARTE

 

N.B. BONUS DE 10 POINTS POUR TOUTES LES VOITURES DES CLASSES KAMIKAZE, LIMITÉ ET SPORT COMPACTE QUI SE PRÉSENTENT À L'INSPECTION.

 

André Gagnon, Relationniste

Autodrome Chaudière 2012, Vallée-Jonction



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Twelfth Place for Tagliani in Brazil

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Sao Paolo, Brazil - May 5, 2013 - Tagliani and his Barracuda Racing team carried positives and gained useful points from the two-day "trial by fire" at the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300.

The Canadian driver started the race in P15, following an action-packed Saturday that included two practice sessions and qualifying. The Barracuda Racing team tried a variety of setup changes throughout the weekend in their debut outing on the 11-turn, 2.536-mile, temporary street circuit.

 

An early full-course caution allowed Tagliani the opportunity to pit off sequence with the leaders, and cycle up to second place after the leaders made their first pit stops. 

Unfortunately, the track position was short lived as Tagliani pitted after a restart, when he believed light contact had punctured one of his Firestone Firehawk tires.  Falling all the way back to last place after making the unscheduled stop to change tires, he was able to fight back up to 12th place by the end of the race.

"The Barracuda Racing team made great improvements, considering we weren't here last year, and we didn't know the track from a car and setup perspective," said Tagliani. "So with a two-day weekend and a quick turnaround, I think we had a good car for the race. We had a good strategy and we were running up front.

"Then on the second restart, I got hit from the back. I came in to change a tire and then when we went back out we had to pound some fast laps to make it back up. The other yellow flag didn't come at the right time for us, so a bit of bad luck there. Hopefully our luck will come at the right time as we head to Indianapolis."

The racing world now focuses its attention on the Greatest Spectacle in Racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Barracuda Racing crew will look to repeat their 2011 win and Tagliani's historic pole position. Qualifications will take place on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19. The 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 will take place on Sunday, May 26 and will be broadcast live on ABC.

About Barracuda Racing
Barracuda Racing is operated by Bryan Herta Autosport (BHA). Founded by veteran driver Bryan Herta, and noted race engineer and team manager Steve Newey, Bryan Herta Autosport has been a race-winning team in Firestone Indy Lights competition since 2009 and won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon in only its second IZOD IndyCar Series start. BHA currently fields entries in the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights with Curb - Agajanian. Since 2012, BHA has partnered with Bowen and Bowers Motorsports, Inc. (BBM). Based in Toronto, Ontario, BBM is the coming together of leading sports and entertainment property development professionals, Chris Bowers and David Bowen, along with the financial management experience of Trapeze Asset Management Inc. For more information, visit www.bryanhertaautosport.com.

About Barracuda Networks Inc.
Protecting users, applications, and data for more than 150,000 organizations worldwide, Barracuda Networks has developed a global reputation as the go-to leader for powerful, easy-to-use, affordable IT solutions. The company's proven customer-centric business model focuses on delivering high-value, subscription-based IT solutions for security and storage. For additional information, please visit http://www.barracuda.com or follow us on Twitter: @barracuda.

 


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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week Celebrates Five Years In Las Vegas

Postseason Awards Set For December 6 At Wynn Las Vegas

 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 2, 2013) – NASCAR announced today that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards – the annual culmination of Champion’s Week – will be held on Friday, Dec. 6 at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nev., for the fifth consecutive year.

 

From 1981 until 2008, NASCAR held its year-ending premier series awards show in New York City. Starting in 2009, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards has been held in Las Vegas, a destination that has triggered an entertainment evolution for the fan-favorite show.

 

 

 

Last year’s show alone featured host Howie Mandel, Train, Phillip Phillips, Lifehouse with Natasha Bedingfield and Cirque du Soleil: The Beatles LOVE. Among other A-List entertainment acts who have performed since the move to Vegas include Reba, Kid Rock, Brooks and Dunn, David Gray, Rascal Flatts, Colbie Caillat, Martina McBride, Jersey Boys, Cirque du Soleil’s “Viva ELVIS” and Frank Caliendo.

 

“Every single week, NASCAR creates the big-event experience, so it’s fitting that our year-end celebration of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion takes place in a city built on major moments,” said Steve Phelps, NASCAR chief marketing officer. “Las Vegas has been home to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards for five years, and each year it grows bigger, better and more entertaining for our fans. Undoubtedly, this milestone Champion’s Week will continue – and heighten – that tradition.”

 

“Two of the world’s most recognizable brands, NASCAR and Las Vegas, have developed a strong and successful partnership that delivers unrivaled excitement to millions of loyal fans,” said Rossi Ralenkotter, president/CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “We’re proud to celebrate this milestone as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards and its Champion’s Week return for the fifth year, proving that no destination matches the passion and energy of NASCAR like Las Vegas.”

 

A full lineup of events or activities during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week will be announced at a later date.

 

The next NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race will be the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET. It will air on FOX, FOX Deportes, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM Satellite Radio with additional coverage on NASCAR.com.

 

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States. NASCAR consists of three national series (the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series), four regional series, one local grassroots series, three international series and GRAND-AM Road Racing and the American Le Mans Series, both known for competition on road courses. Based in Daytona Beach, Fla., with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information, visit www.nascar.com and follow NASCAR at www.facebook.com/NASCAR and Twitter: @NASCAR.

 

About the LVCVA

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide, and also with operating the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center.  With more than 150,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and more than 10.7 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA mission centers on attracting ever-increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to the area.

www.lvcva.com or www.LasVegas.com.

 

Contact:

Jacklyne Ramos

NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications

 


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